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College football: USC overcomes miscues to beat Utah

Associated Press

Posted:
10/04/2012 09:51:36 PM PDT

Updated:
10/04/2012 10:11:10 PM PDT

Matt Barkley passed for 303 yards and three touchdowns, including an 83-yarder to Marqise Lee in the fourth quarter, and No. 13 USC came back from a two-touchdown deficit to beat Utah 38-28 on Thursday night.

Utah (2-3, 0-2 Pac-12) forced turnovers 1:16 apart to open the game, including a play by Nate Fakahafua to score from 8 yards out after stripping the ball from Barkley after a bad snap.

But the Trojans (4-1, 2-1) turned the tables in the fourth, scoring twice in a span of less than 3 minutes to turn a 3-point game into victory in their first trip to Salt Lake City in 95 years.

Barkley connected with Lee with 12:10 remaining, then cornerback Nickell Robey intercepted a pass by Jon Hays and returned it 38 yards for a touchdown. Lee finished with 12 catches for 192 yards. The teams combined for 222 yards in penalties.

TCU: Quarterback Casey Pachall was suspended indefinitely Thursday, hours after he was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated -- his second brush with trouble this year and one that clouds the 15th-ranked Horned Frogs' push for a Big 12 title. Coach Gary Patterson announced the suspension, saying his quarterback "obviously needs help."

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The 21-year-old Pachall was arrested just after midnight when he was pulled over after running a stop sign near campus, police Sgt. Pedro Criado said. Pachall's blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit of 0.08 percent.

Pachall's arrest came eight months after he admitted to police that he smoked marijuana and failed a drug test just two weeks before his roommate was arrested in a drug sting operation.

Arkansas: Coach John L. Smith has amended his bankruptcy filing, listing $40.7 million in debts -- up from $25.7 million just last month.